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  • Pa. judges don't expect to feel ire of voters (PA Voters: Vote NO to Castille and Baer!)

    10/31/2013 4:11:48 AM PDT · by Red in Blue PA · 8 replies
    HARRISBURG — Voters' anger at Congress is boiling over because of the government shutdown, polling shows, but it's unclear whether the foul mood will have any impact on statewide judicial elections, political analysts say. Retention races for Supreme Court justices and Superior Court judges are the top races in the Nov. 5 election, which will include city, county, township, borough and school district races. Two Supreme Court justices and two Superior Court judges are running for 10-year terms in contests decided by “yes” or “no” selections. “Pennsylvania judges have nothing to do with Congress,” said Justice Max Baer of Mt....
  • Santorum expected to cut Casey's big edge

    03/06/2006 8:38:54 AM PST · by NorthEasterner · 62 replies · 1,220+ views
    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | March 6, 2006 | David M. Brown
    Santorum expected to cut Casey's big edge By David M. Brown TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, March 6, 2006 Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr., his likely Democratic opponent, are buckled in for what's billed to be one the hottest -- and nastiest -- political races in the nation this year. As a lead-up, the rivals have been sniping at each other for months through Internet-generated news releases from their campaigns. Now the official starting flag is about to drop.
  • Who's the Palestinian president?

    05/15/2005 3:20:40 PM PDT · by anotherview · 7 replies · 915+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | 15 May 2005 | KHALED ABU TOAMEH
    May. 15, 2005 19:25 | Updated May. 15, 2005 22:47 Who's the Palestinian president? By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Farouk Kaddoumi addresses the United Nations Photo: AP RAMALLAH The PLO executive committee's recent decision to declare Mahmoud Abbas as President of the State of Palestine has enraged veteran PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi, who has dismissed the move as illegal and unacceptable. Kaddoumi, who is based in Tunis, said in a message he sent to many PLO and Fatah leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that the executive committee did not have the authority to relay the powers of the...